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They call me Tundra Boy
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: In your linen cupboard.
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Hutu Suicide
I can still hear the soldier boys Singing in the square I still feel the need to join With the voices there Years of bitter stories Kindling needing fire A violent tongue that guides us Creates the spark required Play out my father’s rage Grievances never pass And see machete blades Fall on bones that break like glass Play out my father’s rage Grievances never pass And see machete blades Fall on bones that break like glass Now the scratches on the pew The red marks on the wall Shudder through my brain Reminded of the day These humble farmer’s things Turned into killing tools The blood which stains these hands Will not wash away Action bettered sense that day Reason brushed aside All my morals swept away In the human tide So loud they must have heard us As the church doors opened wide Blood to end the service As terror dulled their eyes Play out my father’s rage Grievances never pass And see machete blades Fall on bones that break like glass Play out my father’s rage Grievances never pass And see machete blades Fall on bones that break like glass Now the scratches on the pew The red marks on the wall Shudder through my brain Reminded of the day These humble farmer’s things Turned into killing tools The blood which stains these hands Will not wash away History records In two months, a million killed The few of those I witnessed Haunt me still Now I stand at the border Calm at last A clifftop over water This is where I choose to pass "Forgive my foul misdeeds I repent my mistakes" Screaming these words out I throw myself into Kivu lake "Forgive my foul misdeeds I repent my mistakes" Screaming these words out I throw myself into Kivu lake For the scratches on the pew The red marks on the wall Shudder through my brain They remind me of the day These humble farmer’s things Turned into killing tools The blood which stains these hands Will not wash away |
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